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Hamas freed five hostages and was set to release one more from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas. Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, and Omer Wenkert, 23, all seized from the site of the Nova music festival in Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel, were handed over to the Red Cross to be transported to Israeli forces. Dozens of masked militants stood guard in a crowd that had gathered to watch the handover, as…

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – February 13, 2025 – General Abdullah A. Alzahrani of the Royal Saudi Air Forces hosted a dinner in honor of Mr. Qaiser Nawab, Chairman of the Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Development (BRISD), and Mr. Pegasus Wong, Chairman of The Belt and Road Group, in Riyadh. During the meeting, the leaders discussed various avenues for cooperation across multiple sectors. General Alzahrani welcomed both distinguished guests to the Kingdom and commended their efforts to foster business opportunities in Saudi Arabia. He assured them of his unwavering support and guidance in their endeavors. General Alzahrani…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – [February 05, 2025] – Qaiser Nawab, Chairman of the Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Development (BRISD), participated in the closing ceremony of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the RLC Global Forum in Riyadh, a premier platform for global retail, trade, and investment leaders. During the closing ceremony, Mr. Nawab engaged with several prominent Saudi business leaders, exploring opportunities for collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Discussions focused on strengthening trade ties, promoting digital commerce, and fostering sustainable economic partnerships between Saudi Arabia and BRI countries. The exchange highlighted the growing role of regional…

President Xi Jinping held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi said China and Pakistan enjoy ironclad friendship and are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. In recent years, the two countries have provided firm political support for each other, maintained close high-level exchanges, and advanced the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and cooperation in various fields, setting a good example for relations between countries, he said. China stands ready to work with Pakistan to advance their respective modernization drives, accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to secure a decisive victory in the Delhi capital territory elections, according to exit polls released on Wednesday. If confirmed, the win would mark a significant political rebound for the ruling party after its unexpected setbacks in last year’s general elections. The projections suggest that BJP will clinch an absolute majority in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, unseating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has governed the capital for the past decade. The defeat would mark a major blow for AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, a vocal critic of Modi,…

The Council on Canada-U.S. Relations will hold a summit in Toronto on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Wednesday after a 30-day pause on the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs went into effect this week. The summit will look at ways to grow Canada’s economy, expand trade within the country, diversify export markets and address productivity, Trudeau’s statement said, adding that it would also seek to increase coordination between partners.

Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump’s executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group.

Gaza residents have strongly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians elsewhere, vowing to remain in their devastated homeland despite ongoing hardship. Trump’s vision of transforming the coastal enclave into a “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with outrage, with many Palestinians calling it an attempt at forced displacement. “Trump can go to hell, with his ideas, with his money, and with his beliefs. We are going nowhere. We are not some of his assets,” said Samir Abu Basel, a displaced father of five from Jabalia, speaking through a…

Ukraine has brought back 150 troops from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, announcing the latest prisoner swap with Russia. “All of them are from different sectors of the front… Some of the boys were held captive for more than two years,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.

Elon Musk’s swift and dramatic takeover of two U.S. government agencies has positioned the South African-born billionaire as a central figure in reshaping the U.S. federal workforce. In just two weeks, Musk has gained unprecedented influence over America’s 2.2-million-member federal workforce, setting the stage for a dramatic restructuring of government operations in alignment with President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting agenda. As the CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, Musk, along with a team of current and former employees from his companies, has executed Trump’s plan to downsize the U.S. government. This bold move, however, has stirred panic among federal employees…